Realm of Power

919 The beast is coming (5)

"Your Royal Highness, the immortal walker on earth, what new orders does King Falcon Khan have?" Seeing the strange look on Ruitang Tingna's face, an elder in a robe sitting in the front row stood up and said, He asked with concern on his face,

His name was Bekarut, which in prairie language means horse doctor. When he saw him standing up, even as the eldest princess Ruitangtingna, she couldn't help but show a hint of caution.

Horses are sacred in the hearts of nomadic grassland people. They are not only the basis for daily grazing and tribal warfare, but also the lifeblood of a tribe. On the prairie, a good horse can lead a tribe, and There is a proverb that an excellent horse doctor can prosper a tribe. This shows how valuable the identity of a horse doctor is among the people of Dongting.

Bekariut and his son were horse doctors of the Dongting Dynasty for two generations. Not only did they have a noble status, but they were also loyal to the Dongting royal family. To stand up and say such nonsense at this moment is undoubtedly a disservice to the current Ruitang Tingna. The best support for identity,

"Lord Becalyut is right," Ruitang Tina glanced at Becalyut gratefully, then glanced at the confused faces of everyone below with a confident gaze, raised the letter in her hand and said loudly, "This is indeed the Falcon." A letter of order issued by King Khan, but at this moment, it can also be said to be a gift to us Dongting people!

"Gift?"

The heads of the clans below looked at each other with frowns on their faces. The eldest princess has always been a rigorous person and would never tell lies to deceive everyone. But in this situation, the word gift is really important. is difficult to understand

Ruitang Tingna smiled brightly, spread out the letter in her hand, and read it carefully.

"Due to the deterioration of the situation on the northern border of Dongting and the arrogance and rudeness of the Northlanders, and in order to avoid delaying the fighter plane due to reporting the situation, I, Dustan Falcon Khan, have given full authority to my grassland ministries to launch operations against the Northlanders when necessary. Taking the initiative to attack, that is to say, His Majesty has approved our proposal to cross the border and take the initiative to attack!"

Hearing the words spoken by Ruitang Tingna, the leaders of the Dongting tribe in the front row on both sides were stunned for a moment, and then their faces showed joy.

"We have to send people to fight again!" The clan leaders sitting in the middle and at the end sighed, with expressions of embarrassment on their faces.

An order to take the initiative! That means sending people from a limited tribe to participate in the war. For those big tribes with more than 50,000 people sitting in the front, it is easier to say.

These small and medium-sized tribes, with only 30,000 to 40,000 people, have extremely limited troops that can be dispatched, and the benefits they can obtain in wars are also the least. They often charge at the front, but when the spoils are divided, they can only get some challenges from the big clans. For the rest, war is really a laborious and laborious task for these weak tribes.

What's more, when the former Dongting marched southward, almost all the soldiers they sent died in the south, which dealt a huge blow to these small and medium-sized tribes. Later, the Falcon Dynasty army marched straight in, overwhelming Motu, and the grasslands shook.

The Falcon Dynasty showed a fierce military front, causing all the tribes to flee in panic. The large tribes kept a wait-and-see attitude and immediately moved north if the situation was not good. The weak, medium and small tribes were panic-stricken and each only wanted to protect themselves. In the end, they could only follow Behind the wealthy clan, they chose to follow the trend and surrender to the Falcon Dynasty.

But things are different now. With the migration of several major clans southward, although the center of the grassland is under the jurisdiction of the Falcon Dynasty, some small and medium-sized tribal activity areas with a smaller territory in the north and a population of only tens of thousands are still under the jurisdiction of the Falcon Dynasty. The ruling power of the Eagle Dynasty is relatively weak.

Often only these tribes are needed. It is enough to send people to report the garrison points every month. This has also led to a self-righteous idea among small and medium-sized tribes. On the new water grassland, no one buys the other's face, and some are even the opponents who fought with each other in the past. , fighting over water and grassland again, the chaos and defeat on the northern border can be imagined.

In the hearts of these small and medium-sized tribes, the Dongting royal family that used to weigh on them has long since ceased to exist. Even the eldest princess Ruitang Tingna, in the eyes of these ambitious tribal leaders, is only the princess of the Falcon Dynasty.

If the royal court meeting held this time had not involved him, he might have been threatened by attacks from the Northlanders. The leaders of these small and medium-sized tribes in the northern regions might not have participated. Now suddenly at the meeting, I heard the eldest princess announcing her plans for the North. If the locals wanted to take the initiative to attack, naturally they all seemed very reluctant.

"Do you have any difficulties?"

Ruitang Tingna's face was slightly cold. With her subtle intelligence, she could naturally see the thoughts of everyone below, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. The Vekia Falcon is indeed powerful. Just an order to move south has completely destroyed the original unity. The unified East Courtyard was divided into what it is now. Unlike these small and medium-sized tribes with worried faces, the several large tribes that moved south seemed very enthusiastic about this battle.

For example, Wu Mu Aston, the chief officer of the royal court affairs in the Dongting era, was the first of these chiefs to arrive. He was followed by 10,000 Dongting cavalry of his own tribe, and then came the others who lined up behind him. The leader of Ruian Rimian, the third largest clan in Dongting, brought 7,000 Dongting cavalry, and then several other major clans came with their own armies.

Five thousand, six thousand, seven thousand,

As if they did not care about exposing their family background, these leaders of the big clans who came in droves came with their own cavalry, no less fast than when they received the order from the King of Dongting.

In just ten days, the number of Dongting cavalry quickly exceeded 40,000. Although it could not compare with the 100,000 cavalry in Dongting's heyday, the performance was quite shocking.

Most of these tribal leaders who chose to follow the trend and join the Falcon Dynasty at critical moments have a pair of eyes that are good at seizing opportunities.

In their eyes, this war with the Northlanders may be a rare and precious opportunity.

The tribes that migrated south were settled in an area near the northeastern border of Ruidian, where the climate was warm and the water and grass were abundant. It was much better than the original bitter cold land.

But as these 200,000 to 300,000 people were settled, it was almost impossible to be fair and reasonable. There would always be complaints that the other party had more abundant water and grass, and that the other party's territory was closer to areas with prosperous commerce, especially the horse teams. The Xikujit caravans pass through their new garrison almost every few days, which is a great irritation to the Dongting ethnic groups who have been closed on the Dongting grassland for more than ten years.

The concept of trade is quite weak in Dongting. Because of its geographical location to the north and in order to cut off possible threats from spying, the former Dongting Dynasty never accepted contacts from inland areas. At first, Fatty wanted to do business with the people of Dongting. We still have to cross the tightly sealed West Kugit. The northern land is bitterly cold, and there is no way to form an area that can become a commercial center.

After comparing with each other, the various departments in Dongting found one thing in common,

That is to say, the Xikujit people were similar to us at the beginning. The water grasslands and residential areas were not all equal. However, after suffering a huge defeat that almost wiped out the entire clan,

Its military and economic strength quickly returned to its original situation in just 2 years.

It is even more powerful than the original power. This basically reveals the reality that the Falcon Dynasty is still very fair in treating the vassal kingdom. It has indeed achieved the same treatment as the Sikujit people in the past. The only difference is that Yes, the West Kugits have completely integrated themselves into the Falcon Dynasty’s foreign wars.

Therefore, if you get the most military merit rewards, your development will be the fastest.

In the first half of the year alone, due to the war with the Ruidians and the Luds, the Kujit cavalry received a reward of more than one million gold coins. In the previous era of relying on herding, this would have required at least thirty years of accumulation.

For example, the Duoweiyan tribe, which has been used as an auxiliary cavalry in many wars, is not only second to none in Xikujit, but it has also recently been reported that it plans to build a Duowei city on its own on the border.

It was not the usual urban fortress with a military fortress and a gathering area, but a city in the true sense, a city belonging to the prairie people, just like those enviable inland people, building a commercial center as beautiful as majestic and prosperous big city,

There will be residential areas, commercial areas, trade areas, and even large ports on the rivers. This is a city built by a prairie tribe. For tribes that have always been mainly nomadic, it is almost unimaginable. Think about it. Motu's embarrassment shows that in the minds of nomads, the concept of city is as vague as the simple door and bag they use for themselves.

Because in the eyes of the nomads, there is only one center of the grassland, which is where the royal court is, and that is where the tribes gather. The meaning of building a city by yourself is equivalent to establishing your own family, which is an extremely serious act of betrayal.

Just when everyone was waiting to see Duo Weibu's joke, the attitude from the Falcon Dynasty shocked them again. In order to congratulate the first city built by the Kugits, His Majesty the Falcon Khan personally allocated 50 Ten thousand gold coins, as the first fund to build the city, this shocked the people of Dongting again.

"War is a really convenient way to make a fortune!" Such thoughts soon appeared in the mind of the leader of the wealthy clan who moved south from Dongting.

With this consensus, Princess Ruitangtingna's order to take the initiative was quickly implemented.

In the early morning of May 8th, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses rolled out of the camp, gray leather armor flowing and emerging in the deep fog, and countless sharp scimitars seemed to add a luminous streak to the earth. River, the main force of 40,000 East Court cavalry gathered in the Acastea swamp began to take action. This rolling iron stream running straight towards the northern border kicked off the prelude to the war between the Falcon Dynasty and the Northland... …q!.